Personal details
- Name
- Dr Paula Dootson
- Position(s)
- Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management - Discipline *
- Business and Management, Marketing
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 5312
- paula.dootson@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
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Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology), Bachelor of Business (Public Relations with Distinction) (Queensland University of Technology), Bachelor of Business (Honours) (Queensland University of Technology)
- Keywords
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Deviant consumer behaviour, Compliance, Risk communication, Ethics, Retail, Natural Hazards
Biography
Paula is a Senior Lecturer at the QUT Business School and a Senior Research Fellow for the QUT Centre for the Digital Economy. In these roles, Paula is researching deviant behaviour (e.g., non-compliance, fraud, stealing, rule violations) and finding ways to design it out through human, system, or policy interventions, or find ways to encourage positive deviance when it leads to greater economic or social benefits. Her research focuses on providing businesses and policymakers with evidence-based solutions to real world problems. Paula’s extensive research engagement experience saw her obtain a number of awards. In 2019, Paula joined the World Health Organisation Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Research Network) for her work with the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. In 2017, Paula was named one of Australia’s Top Thinkers in the 2017 Conversation Yearbook. To date, Paula has brought in approx. $2.5 million in funding and is published in outlets such as the Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Consumer Marketing, UNSW Law Journal, and Advances in Consumer Research. Paula was awarded a PhD from QUT with studies on why everyday consumers engage in deviant consumer behaviour. Paula also holds a Bachelor of Business (Honours) degree, where she was awarded a QUT Medal for academic excellence, and a Bachelor of Business degree from QUT.
Teaching
Paula is an internationally accredited educator, as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, now known as AdvanceHE.
Current courses:
- Executive Education short courses via QUTeX
- MGN425 Innovation in Practice (QUT Business School, postgraduate)
Guest lecturer:
- DXH601 Integrated Experience Design (QUT School of Design, undergraduate)
- IAB202 Business of Information Technology (QUT School of Information Systems, undergraduate)
- GS73 Master of Business Administration (Digital MBA) (QUT Business School, postgraduate)
Past courses:
- BSB114 Marketing (QUT Business School, undergraduate)
- AMB200 Consumer Behaviour (QUT Business School, undergraduate)
- AMB201 Marketing and Audience Research (QUT Business School, undergraduate)
- AMB263 Introduction to Public Relations (QUT Business School, undergraduate)
Publications
For publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.